Re: inconsistent dial-up connection
On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 08:36:24PM -0800, Patrick Greenwood wrote:
| PIII on a Dell4100 with Creative Modem Blaster DE 5625.
|
|
| I don't understand -- why is it that most of the time when I try to
| connect I get this:
...
| Dec 18 21:47:33 Computer01 chat[511]: CONNECT
| Dec 18 21:47:33 Computer01 chat[511]: -- got it
| Dec 18 21:47:33 Computer01 chat[511]: send (\d)
| Dec 18 21:47:34 Computer01 pppd[510]: Serial connection established.
| Dec 18 21:47:34 Computer01 pppd[510]: Using interface ppp0
| Dec 18 21:47:34 Computer01 pppd[510]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
| Dec 18 21:48:05 Computer01 pppd[510]: Connection terminated.
| Dec 18 21:48:05 Computer01 pppd[510]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
| Dec 18 21:48:05 Computer01 pppd[510]: Exit.
|
| But once in a while, when I do connect, I get this?
...
| Dec 18 21:20:17 Computer01 chat[405]: CONNECT
| Dec 18 21:20:17 Computer01 chat[405]: -- got it
| Dec 18 21:20:17 Computer01 chat[405]: send (\d)
| Dec 18 21:20:18 Computer01 pppd[404]: Serial connection established.
| Dec 18 21:20:18 Computer01 pppd[404]: Using interface ppp0
| Dec 18 21:20:18 Computer01 pppd[404]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
| Dec 18 21:20:23 Computer01 pppd[404]: local IP address 209.180.97.240
| Dec 18 21:20:23 Computer01 pppd[404]: remote IP address 209.180.97.254
|
| There seems to be no rhyme or reason to it. The machine is on a LAN
| with one other machine, but this inconsistency leads me to think its
| something the modem is or isn't saying to the ISP (Qwest)
I found that with my (previous) dial-in provider it would often take a
while for their side to start the PPP stuff. In the HOWTO it says
that a "~" is the first byte of PPP stuff sent back. I made the last
thing in my chat script expect "~" and send nothing, that way the
other side is always ready when pppd tries to do the PPP stuff.
Perhaps that is your problem also?
-D
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